in the caribbean from hurricane irma. what s going on? essentially we started with reports. the storm simply because it was on the southern side with bar buddha as you just reported. and one casualty. it moved from there and it also impacted the french caribbean
for the latest on the path, let s get to chad myers. this weather brought to you by xyzal. a significant storm now still headed to the bbi. bar buddha got hit over night. no radio contact. 1400 people live there. there s the storm. of the there s the bbi. virgin gore da. the necker island which is where sir richard branson has a big state. this is what it actually got hit. 155 miles per hour wind gusts and the an a mom meter broke. le we have no idea how much it went up from there. there is the storm still 185 gusting slightly higher. i think we re going to see tremendous storm surge right through the bbi and the u.s. virgin islands. there could be eight to ten feet
barts, bar buddha have taken direct hits. virgin island the bracing for the same later. we can show you some of the impact. look at those flashing rights. every one of them, the power line exploding on the island of st. kitts. officials fear parts of that island might be without power for months. wow. mandatory evacuations under way. irma is expected to arrive there on sunday. already heard from president trump who has claired states of emergencies. this morning said watching hurricane closely, my team which is done and doing such a good job in texas is already in florida. no rest for the weary. cnn is tracking the storm. let s begin with chad myers. what are you seeing? i m seeing now the radar from puerto rico picking up the eye of the storm out here. it just moved through an go will
powerful. and on bar buddha, the prime minister says the island is literally rubble. my goodness. look at those pictures. up to 37 million people at risk tonight. 37 million people at risk. and that s just the beginning. there are now three hurricanes in the atlantic. irma, jose and katia. our reports are live tonight all across the region we ve got this covered. cnn s tom slater is in the weather center for us and that s where we re going to begin tonight. tom, this is a mon sfer itormon monster of a hurricane. it s time to pack up and head out because we ve seen now 32 straight hours plus that this system has been churning with winds at 180 miles an hour or
la and st. barts. it moved through bar buddha a little while while oog oh. no contact with that island since flk not even radio contact too its sister down there. virgin gord da and u.s. virgin islands. those will be hit next. means 180, 185 miles per hour winds, if the eye wall makes direct contact, and that s expected. so, barbuda had a wind gust of 155 overnight and then the mane broke. just shattered. but they were at least 155. all the way up the island chain, the watches and warnings continue. but where does it go after that? right through the turks and cake cos and significantly impacting the northern part of puerto rico with big waves. same sorry for the dominican republic and haiti.